Bastar

Whenever a Naxal is killed, no one feels happy: Shah’s message to Maoist ‘brothers’ in Bastar

April 05, 2025 4:22 pm

Home Minister urges Naxals to drop their weapons and join the mainstream, reiterates March 2026 deadline to wipe out Naxalism.

‘6-8 Maoists threw open our door, slapped my mother and killed my father’: Family of sarpanch candidate hacked to death in Chhattisgarh

February 07, 2025 4:03 pm

According to Dantewada’s Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai, the police had received no complaints about potential threats to Joga Barse, whose wife is also a former sarpanch.

Doctor who treated 10-year-old IED blast survivor in Sukma pledges to pay for her treatment, education, wedding

January 26, 2025 12:08 am

The girl had suffered severe burn injuries to her face in the explosion on January 12. She has now recovered completely, said Dr Sunil Kalda, who performed surgery on her, along with his team. 

Two CRPF jawans wounded in IED explosion in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

January 16, 2025 11:49 am

Forces in Bijapur also faced a major blow on January 6 when eight security personnel and one civilian driver lost their lives when a command IED weighing over 40 kgs ripped through a concrete road blowing away their SUV on Kutru-Bedre road in Bijapur.

Mukesh Chandrakar messaged from Bastar: 'Kuch hoga to nahin na?' Months later, he was gone

January 06, 2025 3:30 pm

If the foundation of journalism is field reporting, the daily grind in the sun and the soil that leaves your body grimy and the soul tanned, Mukesh Chandrakar epitomised it.

‘Killing is not the way forward’: In Bastar, Amit Shah promises rehabilitation to surrendered Maoists

December 16, 2024 8:08 am

Addressing surrendered Maoists in Bastar’s Jagdalpur city, Amit Shah said, “After surrendering, you must be feeling happy and your parents even happier. But believe me, I am feeling the happiest.”

BJP leader & Maoist killed in separate incidents in Bastar

December 11, 2024 4:33 pm

A 35-year-old farmer wing leader was killed for allegedly being a police informer. This is the 11th such murder in the region since last year.

This small village in Chhattisgarh's Bastar just made it to the UN’s list of potential tourism picks

November 19, 2024 5:48 am

Situated in the heart of Kanger Valley National Park, Dhudmaras offers an idyllic setting for eco-tourism

‘Jaadoo Bastar’: A new fusion rock-folk album hopes to showcase the magic of Chhattisgarh

September 10, 2024 3:23 pm

A new album combines rock music with folk music from Chhattisgarh's Bastar, a region still largely associated with the state's Naxal insurgency. The project aims to showcase another side, highlighting the local culture and natural beauty.

Congress hopes big in Bastar's Kanker seat that it lost narrowly in 2019, against BJP's anti-conversion face

April 25, 2024 12:30 pm

Congress has been clawing back in the former bastion where water supply, road and railway are major demands, and won 5 of its 8 Assembly segments in 2023 polls

The Big Picture: Passage through India

January 04, 2015 4:27 pm

A journey is usually defined by the destination, but this one, along Latitude 20°15’, cutting through four states across India’s waist.

23 Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh

February 28, 2016 4:04 pm

Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Feb 28 (ANI): Twenty-three Naxals, including two women, on Sunday surrendered in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh citing “ill-treatment” by senior cadres. The Maoists, who surrendered before senior police officials, said they were “frustrated” by the ill-treatment meted out to them. Bastar Collector Amit Kataria said that an encouragement amount of Rs 10,000 would be given to each of them, besides facilities under the surrender and rehabilitation policy.

Naxal attack: The IED blast site at Chaulnar, Dantewada

April 17, 2015 11:43 am